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A 26-year-old murder suspect shot and killed by deputies outside a Goodyear gas station on Wednesday had a lengthy criminal record marked by violence, drug use and fleeing from police, court records show.

Jesus Chacon pulled out a gun and refused to obey deputy commands to drop the weapon, according to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Lt. Brandon Jones, a spokesman.

Deputies shot Chacon an unknown number of times, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital about 30minutes later, Jones said.

No deputies were injured. Authorities say Chacon was a suspect in the murder of Mark Meginley, 51, whose body was found alongside a Buckeye road last week.

Mark Meginley(Photo: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)

Records from the Arizona Department of Corrections show Chacon was released from prison in November after he served about 21/2 years on drug charges and for fleeing law enforcement and criminal trespassing.

He had been familiar with the criminal-justice system since his youth. Court records show Chacon served time in the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Chacon habitually used drugs, including marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine.

About four months before his 18th birthday, police sought Chacon for parole violation and questioning in a domestic-violence incident, court records show. Chacon fled from police in a vehicle with his mother in the passenger seat, drove onto a median and fled on foot before he was apprehended. When police searched him, they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia. A drug test later determined Chacon also had methamphetamine in his system.

The shooting occurred at about 11:30 a.m. near McDowell and Litchfield roads in Goodyear, according to authorities.(Photo: 12 News)

In August 2007, Chacon went to the house of a man his sister had been dating to pick up her car, court records show. The two men got into an argument before Chacon pulled out a shotgun, chambered a round and pointed it at the other man's face.

Police said Chacon pulled the trigger, but the shotgun did not fire.

Less than three weeks later, El Mirage police responded to a domestic-

violence call on reports that Chacon was fighting with his girlfriend, according to court records.

Chacon got into his car and led police on a 10- to 15-minute chase at speeds between 75 and 100 miles per hour before he was taken into custody.